Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1896, Page 1

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NEWS FROM MICHIGAN -- Gratifying Intelligence Received by Republican Managers. ge AO HARM DONE BY BRYAN’S SPEECHES Otservations of a Boston Man on a Business Trip. ee LANDSLIDE PREDICTED The republican managers in this city are in receipt of gratifying news about Michi- gan from several sources today. It is ap- preciated all the more from the fact that it serves, according to the republican opin- jon, to quiet any disturbing fears in some people's minds that might have been occa- sioned by the reception given to Bryan in his recent trip through Michigan. Mr. H. H. Smith of Michigan received to- day several letters in reply to queries he had addressed to conservative men in Mich n relative to the probable effect of Bryan's recent speeches throughout that y all agree that no harm has been done the republican cause,” said Mr. Smith to a Star reporter. “If Bryan's personal ap; !s to the voters had any effect at all, it was merely to restrain some wavering lemocrats who were on the point of going ver to the republicans. He did not prose- lyte any of our people. Michigan will go for McKinley in November. Never since Sui has the state given a majority for a »eratic candidate in a presidential elec- Mr. Bayley's Trip. of the callers at republican head- oday was Mr. Charles H. Bay of Boston, who has just returned from sive business trip through the » Saginaw, Mich., an old democratic * said Mr. Bayley, “I found on the nat Bryan spoke there that the Mc- banners outnumbered the Bryan six » Coming away from the Bryan jon at that piace I fell in with ight men on the train, all of om had come into town to hear the candidate. Six of these men announced y would vote for McKinley and two In Detroit, the day Bryan it was pitiful, the way the s decorated in honor of his oppo- From the Cadillac I counted four- nley banners, and I had to look 3ryan banner anywhere in 1 reply of the people asked concerning free silver senti is that it must exist farther west, accounts of its growth in counties a miles west have been heard, but right when the conversation is held noth- f the kind can be found. A Landslide Predicted. “All classes of mechanics and laborers m to have sized up the Bryan program what it is worth, and I return abso- y convinced that we are going to have uislide of proportions not before met. iowa, I found still fewer traces of sil- ver sentim: than in Michigan or Min- nesota. At Keekuk I hunted up the peo- ple who I judged would be most likely to be supperting Bryan, and the spokesman a group told me: ‘We will give 75,- this state for McKinley; perhaps are some Eryan men over in the erm part of the state, but we haven't en any around here.’ ‘St. Louis is as strong for the gold stand- cities of the east, but from what I learn the state is v Mable to cast its Vote ter Bryan. Kentucky, in the opinion of many supporters of Bryan, will be lost to the silver ticket this year. Aside from a democratic governor in Minnesota, and the presidential eiectors of the same stripe in Missouri, I fourd everywhere in tne west going our way with a rush.” Feeling in Chicago. “Between Boston and Chicago there is ro difference in the preponderance of sound money sentiment, except that in Chicago it is much more conspicuous. “When I mentioned the possibility that Illinois might vote fur Bryan, those to the whom my suggestion was addressed seem- po: ed vely insulted, nor were my ob- ions cenfined to any particular class Chicago is full of McKinley tures and wags, but Bryan em- blems are very scar car one day i } of a young maa ductor, assert hat he supposed all em- In a Wabash ave- ‘smart aleck’ ariu ne pleyes of the line had to p: id to be for MeKinley to ke2p At this the tuctor flashed “Young man, I want you to underscand that this com- pary has never given any intimation to its oy¥es on thé subject. Give me your { have no time to talk polities” A ff old gentleman wno had heard the o che young man, say- ou exp to make votes for that way you are much mis- Fighting Chance in Missouri. Col. J. E. Snow, writing Chairman Bab- ‘k from Kansas City, Mo., says: “I do rot knew wrat reliable information you may get from this part of the country, and therefore I take the liberty to write you a few items. When I was in Washington, D. *.. the general impression was that the sil- Cl ver sentiment was so strong that it was about as much as a man’s hfe was worth to taik for sound money or the gold stan- dard. But I did not find it so when I got here, and it ss now the other way. Kansas City will go 4,000 majority for MeKinley. A cund money league (non-partisan) was st Wednesday, the 1ith, and last four days after, it numbered »0, composed of the best business men of the city, and about one-half life- long democrats, and by the 2d of November We expect and will have a daylight parade 15,40 sound money men in line. We propose to have it in the daytime so that people can see the faces of the men who —— it. And they won't be tramps and e3, either, but our very best business It cannot be reasonably expected that we should carry Missouri for McKinley (although we have a good fighting chance, and im our favor). But we will carry it sure for the state ticket, and are pretty sure to serd the same number of Repre- sentatives to the Fifty-fifth Congress, elect a legislature that will retire George Vest and put ‘poor old Missouri’ in the republi- can column. These statements, you may Say, are conservative, and may be reason- ably depended upon. ‘Ten thousand dollars has been hurg up here at 2 to 1 on Me- Kinley on general results, and has remain- ed for a week without any takers, although it may by its terms be taken in whole or any part. Thus you see the silver men here are not very anxious to place their money on Bryan.” ee The Vacancy on the Court of Claims. Already there ts considerable speculation as to the probable successor of the late Chief Justice Richardson en the bench of the Court of Claims. The idea seems to gain ground that the President will ap- point a southern democrat, because the re- maining four judges are all northern men and republicans. A name spoken frequent- ly in the gossip Is that of Postmaster Gen- eral Wilson, for whom the members of the bar of that court entertain a most kindly feeling. His name will probably be brought forward as one favored by the lawyers. CARLISLE IN KENTUCKY His First Appearance on the Stump in This Campaign. The Expected Result of His Speeches for Sound Money—Speculation as te His Probable Treatment. Secretary Carlisle will make his first ap- pearance on the stump in this campaign at his old home in Covington tonight. From there he will proceed to fill appointments at Lexington, Louisville, Bowling Green and Owensboro’. He is assured of immense audiences, and, if reports are correct, they are assured of a great treat. The Secre- tary has prepared himself “with unusual care, and those with whom he has dis- cussed his line of argument believe that his handling of the subject will prove to be the hit of the sound money campaign. On His Mettle. Mr. Carlisle is on his mettle. Some of his past utterances have been quoted from every silver stump in the country as fully justifying the present free coinage conten- tion, and no extreme silver orator has felt himself relieved of his indignation until he has applied the word traitor to the distin- guished Kentuckian. It is part of Mr. Car- lisle’s purpose to reply to all this and set himself rignt. He will then enter into the subject of silver proper, and appeal to his old party friends to support the faith and credit of the government. Effect of His Visit. The probable effect of this visit to Ken- tucky is calculated by the sound money men from what Mr.Carlisle accomplished by a few speeches he made in the state in the early spring of 1895. The campaign for state officers was coming on, and the silver men, even in a local race, began forcing the sil- ver issue. Mr. Carlisle promptly met it, went home and addressed the people, and when the state convention assembled it adopted what was tantamount to a sound money platform. Gen. Hardin, who was nominated for governor, repudiated the platform and was beaten. Thousands of democrats refused to support the party’s candidate after he, in such circumstances, espoused the cause of free silver. And it was the bolt from Gen. Hardin last year that paved the way for the bolt from Mr. Bryan this year. The sound money demo- crats having shown their power once, have taken heart for another assertion of them- selves, and the belief in sound money circles is strong that this visit of Mr. Car- lisle will make Mr. Bryan's defeat in the state absolutely certain. Silver Men Angry. The silver men are angry, and a little uncertain about how to proceed. They first asked for a division of time at the Carlisle meetings for Mr. Blackburn, but the request was declined. Mr. Blackburn was then advised by Chairman Jones from Chicago to follow Mr. Carlisle at his ap- pointments and reply to him in that way. This seemed hardly the proper thing for a man of Mr. Blackburn’s position to do, and some of his friends demurred. Then came a threat that’ Mr. Carlisle would not be permitted to speak. It was asserted that he of all men was the most objection- able to the silver forces in Kentucky, and that his bare appearance in the state for the purpose of stumping for sound money would be the signal for such a demon- stration as would drive him from his pur- pose. The answer to this is Mr. Carlisle's presence at home, prepared to fill a series of appointments. Tonight's Mecting a Test. Matters will clear up at Covington to- night. If Mr. Carlisle has respectful treat- ment there, no trouble must be apprehend- ed at any of nis meetings. But if the rowdy element asserts itself, the demonstration will be accepted as a warning by the sound money men at the other points the Sec- retary is to visit, and they will prepare to secure by force if necessary the ‘reat- ment to which they think he is eminently entitled. The speeches will be delivered as announced in the face of any opposition the more extreme silver men may offer. Mr. Carlisle will advise sound money democrats to vote for Palmer and Buck- ner. i —_—_—_—__-«+-_______ BRYAN IN OHIO. Ex-Representative Dungan Thinks the Stnte Will Go Democratic. Ex-Representative Dungan, democrat, of the tenth Ohio district, embracing twelve counties in the southeastern corner of the state, has returned to this city after a tour of his district. He will return there on Saturday and continue on the stump until ejection day. Talking to a Star re- porter Mr. Dungan said: “In the twelve counties of my old district hundreds of re- publicans have come out for Bryan. This is no bald statement, but I can give the names. Among the most prominent of the number are ex-Congressman Henry 8. Neill of Ironton, Judge John J. Harper of Portsmouth, for many years on the bench; David S. Edwards and John C. H. Cobb, a brother-in-law of Senator Foraker. So far as I could find, nearly every democrat is supporting the Chicago ticket. In ten counties we will not lose ten votes by actual count. A thorough canvass has been made of Jackson county, and it is known that there is only one democrat in the county who will vote for Palmer and Buckner or McKinley. The laboring men are everywhere talking enthusiastically for Bryan. The members of the Knights of Labor say that the Chicago platform is the same as their platform, and that it was taken from them. I am told, on reliable authority, that in the counties where Quakers are settled the democrats can ex- pect a big turn in the vote to their side. The Quakers are for Bryan, and cannot be shaken. “All over the state the changes that have taken place in favor of the democrats are as great as in the tenth district, and I am now certain that Ohio will cast her vote for Bryan. I do not believe that the vote of the cities will change the result. Cin- cinnati will probably give 20,000 majority for McKinley, the largest republican ma- jerity in her history, but this majority will be overcome in the other parts of the state. The Bismarck letter did much in Cincin- nati to bring Germans back into the demo- cratic ranks, and will continue to be useful for this purpose.” —_——__-e+______ LITTLE BETTING HERE. Odds of Three to One on McKinley, at Few Takers. So far this week there has been very lit- tle betting in this city on the result of the presidential election. At a well-known re- sort where betting men are likely to be found, it wes stated this afternoon that no large amount of money had been staked since last week. The odds are still at 3 to 1, and even at that there is very little Bryan money in sight. At Shoomaker’s it was said that if anyone wanted any of the Bryan end of it he could probably he ac- commodated without much trouble. ———_-e+___. Dr. Moore Agaim Convicted. NASHUA, N. H., October 22.—Dr. Joseph C. Moore has been for the third time within a few months found guilty of overissuing stock of the Union Publishing Company of Manchester, N. H., of which he was for- merly treasurer. The decision was reached deliberation by* after about seven hours’ the jury. Sentence will ‘be pe Se later. MORRISON'S ACTION His Repudiation of Altgeld and Free Silver a Surprise, SIGNIFICANCE §=OF HIS COURSE Chairman Butler on the Change From Silver to the Tariff. a MR. WATSON’S LETTER The action of Col. Morrison in repudiat- ing Altgeld and free silver was a great surprise to the democrats. They were not expecting to receive a shot from that quar- ter, and it may cost them votes where they least can spare any. Morrison, like ex-Sen- ator Camden of West Virginia, intended at first to swallow all done in the name of the democratic party, but the course the cam- paign has taken rendered it too much for him to stand. He has said repeatedly since Bryan’s nomination “that he intended to stand with the party. He said that just before he left Washingtor for Illinois. The same thing happened in the case of ex-Senator Camden. Waen it was reported that Cainden was going to bolt tne demo- cratic party he promptly denied it ani declared that he intended to support Bryan. He even went to the trouble to make this declaration to the democratic ccmmittee. After the campaign jad set- tled into its present shape, however, ne came out in a formal letter bolting the democratic ticket. Republicans feel that these cases are signiticant as showing that men who for the sake of party regularity were ready to swallow free silver and to overlook the vagaries of the Chicago platform find it impossible to remain with their party after being convinced that the inost ob- jectionable features of the platform are given most conspicuous imdorsement by the candidate and his followers. They reason that this indicates that dis- satisfied democrats, instead of drifting back into the party, are being convinced more and more as the campaign progresses that it is their duty to aid in the defeat of Bryan. Shifting to the Tariff. Senator Butler, speaking of the alleged order of the republican national committee to shift the issue as far as possible from silver to the tariff question for the rest of the campaign, said to a Star reporter this morning: “The republicans know that they are whipped on the money question, and it is a desperate hope that they may accom- plish something by turning to the tariff. Mark Hanna has always had more faith in the tariff as an issue, and he never wanted the campaign fought out over the money question. He was afraid of the single gold standard, but the men who are putting up the money for him would have nothing short of it. Now he has been whipped on the money question, and his backers real- ize it. They have yielded to him, therefore, and consented that at the eleventh hour a shift shall be made to the tariff.” Bryan to Carry California. Secretary Edgerton of the populist na- tional committee has received a letter from the chairman of the state committee of California stating that Bryan will carry California by 50,0U0, and that he will carry the entire Pacific coast. Mr. Watson’s Letter. There is still no information as to the whereabouts of the Watscn letter. ~- It 1s not likely that this letter will find its way into print unless Watson himself gives it out. It is evident that the conference in Georgia has not yet resulted in the taming of the Georgia candidate. Senator Butler and all the Bryan people are still kepi guessing as to what he may do. Watson has not yet been satisfied and there is liable to be a bad flareup any day. . “WHAT REDUCES PRICES?” The Democratic Committee Says Mr. Bryan Has Been Misyuoted. The democratic committee has given out from Washington headquarters a state- ment concerning alleged quotations from Mr. Bryau’s speeches, made by the repub- lican congressional committee. The dem- ocratic committee asserts that the extract given out by the republican committee and published in The Star of Monday was mis- quoted and mutilated, a sentence being torn in half and quoted as a whole sentence and a meaning added to it by the republi- can committee which any one who could read the sentence could see was not ap- propriate. Following is the bulletin of the republican committee published Monday: “In a speech delivered in Congress March 16, 1898, he said—and cover what he then eaid- when he complied this little volume before referred to he placed the subhead ‘What Reduces Prices?’ ‘But you must at- tribute it rather to the inventive genius that has multiplied a housand times, in many instances, the strengh of a single arm, and enabled us to do today with one man what fifty men could not do fifty years ago. That is what has brought the price down in this country and every- where.’ No suggestion there that the ‘crime’ had anything to do with the case. The farmers know that the planters, the cultivators and the reapers ~yhich inventive genius has given to them have multiplied many fold the products of the soil, and in- evitably reduced the prices of their pro- ducts. So much for his position on this subject, before and after taking a presi- dential nomination.” . = The bulletin given out by the democratic committee today says: “The following is the text of Mr. Bryan's speech, from the Congressional Record, March 16, 1803: “« What reduces prices? “ “The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. -Walker) told us that steel rails had fallen in price because of a protective tariff. ‘I will append to my remarks (Appendix E) a schedule given by Mr. Carlisle in an article in the Forum, in which he shows the price of steel rails in England from 1871 to 1882, and the price of steel rails in this country during that time, and the amount consumed. This shows what the English- men paid for them, and also what the American paid for the same amount of rails. And when you add up the difference you find that in these ten or eleven years the American people paid $159,000,000 mcre |” for their. steel rails than the English peo- ple paid. And yet you say that protection makes them cheaper. “During all that time they were cheaper in England. Is your system such a one that it will take hold of a price and pull it down in this country, and. then, not satis- fied with that, go over to some foreign country, grab the price there and pull it down? And, then, not satisfied with that, will it pull down the price in foreign coun- tries more than‘it pulls down in this coun- try? Some one has said that the onion is a vegetable that makes the man sick who does not eat it. (Laughter.) It would seem that protection does the greatest good to the country that does not have it. (Re- ed laughter.) ‘Until you explain what it is that reduces the price of steel rails and other manu- factured products, not here alone, but all over the world, you cannot attribute it to @ protective tariff, but you must attribute it rather to the inventive genius that has multiplied a thousand times, in many in- stances, the strength of a single arm, and enabled us to do today with one man what fifty men could not do fifty years ago. ‘That is what has brought the price down in this country and everywhere, and, so far from protective tariff helping it, it has stood as a bar and prevented us, step by step, from taking advantage of the in- ventive genius of other countries. It has compelled us, each time and all the time when it has benefited the protected in- dustry, to pay more for those same things than the people elsewhere.’ “It will be observed that the sentence, as given out by the republican committee, is cut in half, and deliberately, for the pur- ese of eliminating the theme under dis- cussion, ‘Steel Rails,’ and is quoted as a whole sentence. “In Wednesday's Star the republican committee finds a vehicle to reiterate the lie, quoting the latter part of the sentence again as a whole sentence and misapplying it. “This is but one of many attempts made here and in Chicago to falsify Mr. Bryan’s record, all of which have falied, and many more such may be expected as the time draws near when the opportunity grows less and less.” ee WHEAT DROPS AGALN. Various Influences Contribute to the Decline. CHICAGO, October 22.—Wheat took an- other downward plunge this morning. Opening trades for December option were made from ,737-8 to 741-4c., the highest figure paid being exactly a cent under yes- terday’s closing. It sold immediately down to 731-2c. and rallied slowly to 73 7-8c., then started on a rapid and nervous de- cline to 721-2c. Various influences con- tributed to the weakness, chief aniong them, however, being the tightness of the money market and traders seeing no im- mediate prospect of rélief, sold freely. Stop loss orders were also abundant. Cables showed a decline and northwest receipts were heavy ag usual, running somewhat over last year’s. Second cables showed a still further decline. ‘This caused renewed liquidation, and ‘December, whi, meanwhile had recoyered to 73 1-2 ed down again, reaching by o'clock. Again the market turned sharply upward. At 11:15 December was quoted at Corn, while opening ‘ower did fot show the marked weakness displayed by wheat, cables showing only a slight shange. Almost five cents a bushel was clipped off the price of wheat today, December, which closed yesterday at 75 1-3finisned today at iW 1-2. It is not oftén that the price has such a sensationally sudden collapse. Stop loss orders were in the hands of every cem- mission aan who had customers long of wheat, and when a decline came early to- day it caught the most of these. It was practically impossible to follow exactly the stop loss orders at any given figure, and the result was an almost unanimous rush to sell. LONDON, October 22.—At the Baitic to- day the cargo wheat market was dull at the opening, with sellers generally cffer- ing at a shilling less than yesterday cid no bids at that. It was reported that 'the Berlin wheat market opened with free offerings at four markg down and that the market was steady at a deciine. The Daily Telegraph in an article on the rise.in wheat says: “The merchants of Matk-Lane do rot agree as tothe real ré&son. Some at- tribute it to American ‘electfon tactics and others to the Ip@ian demand. One in- fluential dealer said ‘that nglani must import at least 20,000,000 tiers in the coming. year, and that al§mé will fend to keep prices up. hands “admitted that the market, was strong and was 1ikely to get stronget.” 2 ‘ eS Se NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Ressia, England and France Reach an Agreement. LONDON, October 22.—The Paris cor- respondent of the Daily News reports that he hears that the czar’s visit to Queen Vic- toria at Balmoral resulted in Russia, Eng- land and France agreeing upon the basis of a policy in Japan and China while the Levantine, Mediterranean and African questions are being arranged. “The czar wants the result obtained with- out bloodshed,” says the correspondent, “and is supported by Italy and Austria. The sultan is likely to die hard, but he will be obliged to yield.” PARIS, October 22—The Grand Duke Vladimir, on arriving in this city today, received ‘the following dispatch from the czar, who is at Dagmstadt: “We are enjoyirg* well-earned rest under the hospitable roof of the tyrants of Hesse. (Signed) “NIKI” The French newspapers assert that this telegram throws valuable light upon the condition of the czar’s spirits, and the newspapers add that it proves his brain is rot haunted by grave consideration after talking with Emperor William of Germany at Wiesbaden. en BIDS FOR GUN FORGINGS. The Second Advertisement Results the Same as the First. The second attempt of the War Depart- ment to obtain steel forgings for small field guns at what is regarded as a rea- sonable price has signally failed, owing to the refusal of the steel firms to reduce the bids from what were believed to be exorbitant figures. At the first bidding the prices asked ranged from 28% to 31% cents per pound, and a readvertisement was ordered. The second bids have just been opened, and are found to be precisely like the first. As the law passed by the last Congress providing for the procurement of jarger forgings than these limited the price to be paid to 24 cents per pound, and bids were procured at that figure, the otti- cials do not now sce how they can con- sistently consent to pay the very much higher prices asked by the steel companies. ‘The question awaits the decision of Sec- retary Lamont upon his return to Wash- ington, and it may be that he, in turn, will feel obliged, in deference to the expressed epinion of Congress as to the proper price of gun steel, to refer the subject to that body when it again assembles. In view of the fact that.the general law requires the steel to be.of domestic manufacture, the War Department must, in the end, it is believed, accept the terms offered by the two American steel forging concerns, un- less this restriction shalt be removed by Congress. ——_-e-—__ Personal Mentidn. Col. Jonn B. Babcock, aSsistant adjutant general, has returned to this city from Fort Riley, Kansas, where he went under special orders to act as am umpire of field exercises of the troops in that vicinity. Lieutenant Commander isa&c Hazlett, re- tired, has taken apartments‘at the Hamil- ton for the winter. Passed Assistant Paymilstér J. A. Mudd of the New York navy yard has reported at the Navy Department for examination for promotion, iii Mr. Richard H. Morehouse of this city, @ graduate of Princetén, who is attending the celebrations now goirfg‘on there, is one of the three oldest graduates of that uni- versity now living. He is a specially in- vited guest as one of the oldest graduates. Secretary Lamont has gone to McGraw- ville, N. Y., to spend a few days with his aged mother, who is in bad heaith. Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, has gone to New York for a few days on offi- Cial business connected with the defenses of the metropolis, Lieut. Alfred W. in the city on leave of absence. Naval Constructor FF. T. Bowles of the New York navy yar@vhas reported at the Navy Department fog special temporary duty. = Lieut. E. Lioyd of the Naval Academy and Lieut. Thomas C. Fenton, on duty at Trenton, N. J., are on a visit to this cliy. Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court has been secured by the Yale Law School as speaker at their next commencement exercises, June 28, , 12th Infantry, is IN ALEXANDER HALL The 150th Anniversary of Prince- ton’s Birth Celebrated. PRESIDENT PATTON'S DECLARATION President Cleveland Declined the Degree of LL.D. AN ENTHUSIASTIC SCENE PRINCETON, N. J., October Fair weather again favored Princeton today and made the exercises of the sesqui-centen- nial anniversary day doubly enjoyable. ‘The presence of the President of the United States had the effect of increasing the already large crowd in town, and Alex- ander Hall, in which the ceremonies of the day were held, was packed almost to suffocation when the Rey. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler of Brooklyn began the exerci with a simple, heartfelt prayer for the con- tinuation to Princeton University of the prosperity it had enjoyed under the utie of the College of New Jersey. Prior: to the beginning of the celedration the Philadelphia City Troop assembled at the home of President Patton, where Presi- dent Cleveland had been a guest over night, 2, and escorted thé head of the nation on foot through the university grounds to Alexander Hall. Mrs. Cleveland was drive in an open carriage, under the Mrs. Pation, to the hall. The lexaies, representing institutions of learning ali over the world, and the faculty assemb’ orto. at Marquand Chapel, and clad in their academi made their impress mare nder Hall, preceding Pre dent Clevelan seats as yeste After Dr. le ton made the forma! what was formerly the College of Jersey will henceforth and fore known as “Princeton University.” A scene of wonderful enthusiasm £1 Dr. Patton's remarks. He then annou the endowment fund received amount to nearly a million and a half dollars, not inciuding the amounts contributed fer Blair Hall by John I. Blair of Blairsiown, N. J., and the new library. Degree Declined by the President. The ceremony of conferring the deg + on the sixty-five men elected for that hoaor was next on the program. It was learned today that President Petton desired +o confer the degree of doctor of laws upon Mr. Cleveland, but the President modesuy declined the honor. The degree of doctor of laws was con- ferred on a long list of distinguished men, among them being President Angell of thi University of Pennsylvania, President Gil- man of Johns Hopkins, Commissioner of Education Harris, Prevost Harrison of the University of Pennsylvania, 8. P. Langle secretary of the Smithsonian Institud Prof. Joseph Le Conte of the University California, President Low of Columbia Uni- versity, Dr. §. Weir Mitcheil, Prof S: Newcomb, Prof. Ira Remsen and Prof. Rowland of Johns Hop! The degree of doctor of di ferred on the foilowing, among others: Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, Rev. Moses D. Hog Bishop John F. Hurst, Hishop Henry Y! Satterlee. The following were honored with the de- gree of doctor of letters: Henry M. Raird, Richard Watson Gilder, Thomas R. Lou bury, Francis Andrew March, Augustus St. Gaudens, Horace E. Scudder, Charies Dud. ley Warner. Next came the principal ev2at of the day, the address by the President of the United States. President Cleveland's Address. Mr. Cleveland sai Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen: As those in different occupations and with different training each see most plainly in the same landscape view those features wnich are the most nearly related to their several habitual environments, so, in our ecntemplaticn of an event or an occasion, each individual especially observes and ap- preciates, in the light his mode of thought supplies, such of its features and inc’ as are most in harmony with his mental situalion. Today, while all of us warmly share the general enthusiasm and felicitation which pervade this assemblage, I am sure its vari- ous suggestions and meanings assume a prominence in our respective fields of men- tal vision, dependent upon their relation to our experience and condition. Those charged with the management and dire tion of the educational advantages of thi noble institution most plainly sce, with well-earned satisfaction, proofs of i growth and usefulness and its enhanced cpportunities for doing gcod. The gradu- ate of Princeton sees first the evidence of a greater glory and prestige that nave come to his alma mater and the adde honor thence reflected upon himself, while those still within her student halls see most prominently the promise of an increas. dignity which uwaits their graduation fr Princeton University. But there are others here, not of the family of Princeton, who see, with an in- terest not to be outdone, the signs of her triumphs on the fields of higher education, and the part she has taken during her long and glorious career in the elevation and betterment of a great people. , Good Citizenship Influence. Among these I take a humble place; and as I yield to the influences of this occasion, I cannot resist the train of thought which especially reminds me of the promise of natfonal safety and the guaranty of the permanence of our free institutions which may and ought to radiate from the unive' sities and colleges scattered throughout ou. lard. Obviously a government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's in- telligence. While the advantages of a col- legiate education are by nq means neccs- sary ‘fe good citizenship, yet the college graduate,found everywhere, cannot sruother his opportunities to teach his fellow-coun- trymen and influence them for good, nor hide his talents ina napkin, without recre- ancy to a trust. In a nation like ours, charged with the care of numerous and widely varied inter- ests, a spirit of conservatism and toleration is absolutely essential. A collegiate train- ing, #ie study of principles unvexea by -Jis- tracting and misleading influences, and a correct apprehension of the theories upon which our republic is established, ought to constitute the college graduate a constant monitor, warning against popular rashness and excess. The character of our institutions and ort rational self-interest require that a feeling of sincere brotherhood and a disposition to unite in mutual endeavor should pervade our people. Our scheme of government in its beginning was based upon this senti- ment, and its interruption has never failed and can never fail to grievously menace cur national health. Who can better caution against passion and bitterness than those who know by thought and study their bane- ful consequences and who are themselv: within the noble brotherhood of higher ed: cation? ‘True Mission of Government. There are natural laws and economic truths which command implicit obedience, and which should wnalterably fix the bounds of wholesome popular discussion, and the limits of political strife. The (Continued on Page Eleven.) They occup'ed the same ‘8 prayer President Pat- that New be ann urcement or nity was ecn- m ARCHBISHOPS IN COUNCIL|A BIG DAY’S WORK Supplemental Meeting of Catholic University Directors Also Held. Archbishop Corrigan Delegated to rope—In- Politics. Write the Letter to the dian Schools and The archbishops aud bishops, members of the board of directors of the Catholic University, who have been in attendance upon the meeting just concluded, were called together this morning for a supple- mental session, and the time of the annual meeting of board was changed to the second Wednesday in October. Arch- bishop Corrigan of New York was dele- &ated to write the letter to Pope Leo, pre- senting the three names recommended by the directors for the rectorship of the uni- versity. The in: jon prevails in church circles, and is also snared by some mem- bers of the board, that while Father Conaty’s name heads the lst and has been indicated, so far as permissible, as the decided preference of the board for the position Vicar General Mooney of New York may receive the favorable considera- tion of the pope and possibly may become the successor of Bishop Keane. Reasons for the Sentiment. Two reasons are advanced for this belief. One is that Father Conaty is expectant of being appointed to a bishopric, and the other is that the desigaatioa of Archbishop Corrigan to write tne letter to the pope will have a favoravle tendency in behalf of ther Mooney, who, it will be remember- ed, publicly advised his parishioners Curing the great municipal struggle in New York city which resulted in the election of Mayor Strong to vote for the Tammany candidates. “Before the final adjournment of the board Cardinal Gibbons asked tbe urciishops to tak such steps as lay in their power, throusin the press and oth se, Lo overcome the public impressicn that the present meeting of the board and the events leadins seusational charac Arch bish: in Annual Conference. After the meeting of the directors the archbishops assembled for their annual meeting. The sessions are private, and will probably contimue throughout the day. It is thought that the principal question to be considered will be the important one of the Indian schools. The Roman Catholics have many of these schools on the reser- vations devoted to the Indians, where, for many years past, the Indian children have been educated, and toward the support of which the government has substantially contributed. The recent decision of Con- gress to do away with national aid to sec- tarian education of the Indians has com- pelied the church to consider to what uses the present schools may be put, and this, it is expected, will be decided by the arch- bishops befo.e their adjournment. It was rumored this morning that the meeting would also deprecate the recent activity shown by certain prelates in a po- litical way. It was said that the sentiment of the meeting would be that while every archbishop as a citizen had a perfect right to take an foterest in the political affairs of the country, their personality was so in- timately identified with their positions as churchmen that public utterances by them on political issues were, in a measure, ill- advised. p tv it had been of a Parochial Schools. The morning session of the archbishops was comparatively unimportant, being de- voted to adminisirative matters of no very seneral interest. The Indiaa’ school and parochial school questions are scheduled for discussion this afternoon, and it is un- derstood that the latter, which has vexed the chureh authorities for years, may be brought to a final issue, owing to the fact that one of the bishops has directed that all Catholic cnildren must be educated in Catholic schoo! CHAIRMAN BUTLER’S CIRCULAR. Allegation That the Republicans W Resort to Corruption, The democratic, populist and silver man- agers all profess to be posted on a republi- can plot to “buy” things in the miidle west, and all of them are quietly adopting what they consider the best methods to frustrate these alleged frauds. Chairman Butler of the populist national comuniittee has for some time been notifying the mem- bers of populist state and county commit- tees to be on the watchout for violations of the law, and is now preparing to have a manifesto printed to go to the general public on the same subject. The following is what he will say in the manifesto: “Trustworthy information coming here is that the republicans are bezoming desper- ate in the middle west; that they find they cannot win by honest methods and by a square fight, and that they will resort to the open purchase of township and ward managers. The plan as now revealed is for so much money tv be put into the hands of township and ward managers, cnd so much to be given for a specitied republican gain. For insiance, a township manager will have $50 placed in his hands for ‘spend money.’ He will be told that if his town- ship shows a republican gain of fifty votes he will receive $10 a vote and $50 extra. He is to pay cut the money as he thinks best. If his township shows a republican gain of seventy-five voies he is to get $12 or $15 a vote In other words, there will be a sliding scale, the man to be pald increased money for the biggest dishonesty he can perpetrate. He is to spend the money on election boards er anywhere to carry his point. It has been found impossible to buy enough individual votes to carry the elec- tion, and the plan forecasted is to be the one. Instead of the voter the poll itself is to be tampered with. Our information is that this plan has already begun in Ohio. The republicans know they have lost that state for good, unless they resort to some such methods. It is to be practiced all over the middle west. “My advice to the supporters of Bryan is to keep every eye open to these games. Let them place cool, game men on guard at exery precinct, sharp enough to expose these schemes and to use the best and most legitimate methods to frustrate them. Every reformer in this fight knows that the battle has been won. We do not pro- pose to be defrauded at this late day. I believe that the penitentiaties will be the proper place for ail s¢oundr2ls who try to prevent an honest election. Coercion, in- limidation and every other un-American means has been used so far, but it will become. a more serious ma:ter to attempt to make the baliot box .tself the scene of rottenness and fraud. SSS SS AN ATTACK ON ECHOLS. Some Members of the A. P. A. pose the Anti-Bryan Circular. It is said. some of the members of the A. P. A. threaten an open atcack on Pres ident Echols on account of the anti-Bryan circulars that are being issued by him. It { scharged that Echols fs trying to throw the influence of the entire order to the sup- port of McKinley, and that he is co-operat- ing with the republican committee. ———— aval Movements. The cruiser Raleigh left Jacksonville yes- terday for a cruise at sea after alleged fili- busters on her way to Key West, and the Newark left the same place for Hampton Roads. The Marion arrived at Callao to- day, and the Bennington is at Tacoma, ‘Wash. Op- Bryan Booked for Seventeen Speeches to the Indiana Voters, anne sree eee MR. CARLISLE GOES 0 KENTUCKY es Progress of the Union Generals Through Michigan. . CURRENT POLITICAL NOTES ROCHESTER, Ind., October ~The In- diana demozratic committee ey dently does hot Intend to allow William J. Bryan to keep very far behind his record as a speechmaken on this trip through Hoosier- dom. Nineteen speeches were made in the twenty-four hours ending at midnight last night, and today seventeen are on the itinerary, and theré will probably be more. But Parks Martin, chairman of the state committee, who is in charge of the train, is attending to it that Mr. Bryan receives more rest, and is doing his best to save the nominee from the too affectionate crowds of admirers. The first speech of the morning was at Decatur, shortly after 8 o'clock. Seyeral thousand people listened to Mr. Bryan for more than a quarter of an hour and the people who heard him did not hesitate to give beisterous approval of his utterances. The crowd was made up for the most part of farmers, and Mr. Bryan's speech was one for farmers. He told them that the farmers of this country bad never indorsed the gold standard and called attention to the meeting of agriculturists some time ago in Buda-Pesth, where bimetailism was indorsed and greetings were seni to the bimetallists of America. He quoted from the address of Prince Bismarck to the farmers a year ago, in which he said that the farmers must stand together and protect themsei from the “drones of society” who produce nothing but laws. Markel was not down on the speech, but a stop was made Mr. Bryan spcke for five minute He was taken from the car to a sian’ at Huntington, and he spoke to a crowd which numbered several thousands and which was evidently more to his way of thinking than some of the crowds of yes- terday. The people of Laketon had tiegraphed that a crowd had gathered there, and a@ stop was made just long enough for Mr. Bryan to greet the people and shake hands with those nearest him. aa ENERALS’ TOUR, Ns for a and Cannon Greeted Their Ar- al at Bay City, Mich. BAY CITY, Mich., October 22—The Union generals arrived here at 8 o'clock this morning, and were greeted by booming cannon and the tooting of mill and tug whistles. The generals spoke at Washing- ton Avenue Park, from the same platform occupied by Candidate Bryan last Satur- day, to an audience’ about half as iarge a Bryan’s. Gen. Alger, in his first greeti said he had been told tn other states that Michigan was doubtful, but their party had been in the state only a few days, and had already seen a majority. Gens. Howard, Marden and spoke a few moments each. ——__— SECRETARY CARLISLE'S ToUR. Stewart He Will Spenk Tonight at Covington, K CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 22. Cartisle, Secretary of the Treasury teday, and was driven to the residence of Mr. Frank P. Helm, in Covington, but later came to the Grand Hotel, where he had many caliers. He was accompanied by his private secre- tary and by Wm. H. Pugh, who idence is in this city. The secretary speaks to- night at Odd eFllows’ Hall, in Covington. An opposition meeting Isto be held on the street adjoining the hall, for which a plat- form is being erected today. Trouble is ap- prehended tonight. COOK COUNTY POLLED AGAIN. John G. rrived The Republicans Ph y for McKin’ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, CHICAGO, October 22.—Another poll of voters of Cook county, which embraces Chi- cago, has just been completed by the repub- licans. In indicates a plurality of 110,000 for McKinley. The great increase in the regis- tration completed this week has been in favor of the republican ticket; as the poll 3ust_completcd conclusively shows. The open letter of Col. William R. Morri- son, chairman of the interstate commerce ecmmission, arraigning severely Governor Altgeld, will, it is claimed, make many thousands of votes for McKinley in Tlinois, and probably swell the plurality to 151,000. The Samuel C. Pressley letter from Bos- ton on the subject of the Increase of the United States army in the event of Me- Kinley’s election has been proven by affi- davit to be a forgery, as has also the Sigonrney letter from New York respect- ing Major McKinley's pension sentiments. Count on 110,000 ee Sa IN THE FIFTH MARYLAND. blican Bolt From Mudd. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, M4d., October —B. H. Warner of Washington was a caller at the republican headquarters this morning. He held a conference with Senator+lect Well- ington and expressed himself, as being gratified at the reports he receiyed of the local political situation. \ There was an unusually large crowd the democratic headquarters today. Among those present was Mr. George Colton, who has been a conspicuous figure among the regular democrais here for years, Mr. Colton, although eighty years old, mani- fests warm iaterest in the present cam- paign. He has just made a tour of south- ern Maryland, ‘and told The Star corre- spondent that he believed Mr. Moss woald be elected to Congress. He says that the opposition to Speaker Mudd among many influential republicans, who will otherwise vote their party ticket, is very pronounced, and although he expects to see McKinley carry the district, he believes the congres- sional seat will go to the democrats. > WATSON’S LETTER. Chairman Butler Says That He Has Not Received It. ATLANTA, Ga., October 22.—In response to a telegram of inquiry addressed to him concerning Mr. Watson's letter of ac- ceptance, Chairman Marion Butler wires the Atlanta Journal as follows: “Telegram received. Letter has not yet reached me. (Signe) “MARION BUTLER, “Chairman. ee The British Ambassador Arrives. NEW YORK, October 22—Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador to the Lnited States. arrived today on board the steamer Germanic from Liverpool. At Quarantine Sir Julian refused to discuss international affairs.